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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Review: The Selection

In a world where their past decides their position in life,
35 girls fight for the right to marry the prince, become a princess, and move
up in society.

America Singer is a caste 5- she is a musician whose family
is struggling to put food on the table and her mother is obsessed with marrying
her into a higher caste. The only problem with this is she is madly in love
with Aspen, who is a level below her. Because the law says they can’t be
together they are forced to meet in secret. The day the letters come informing
all girls between the ages of 16 and 20 of the chance of a lifetime: enter
their names into a drawing to be one of 35 lucky girls to compete for Prince
Maxon’s heart, America’s life changed forever.

America is bombarded with pleas to enter the selection from
her family and is firmly against it until the last person she expects tells her
to enter. Aspen, the boy she would do anything for, tells her to enter the
lottery for the prince’s heart so that he would never feel that he was holding
her back. America never dreamed that she would be picked from all the thousands
of names, so she agrees.

After being selected as one of the 35 girls, she is whisked
off to the palace where she is alone, sad, and confused. All she wants is to
heal her broken heart and to take care of her family. She never expected to
have feelings for the prince…

I honestly loved this book! It has a great plot and is
different from everything I have read recently! I picked it up initially
because of the beautiful cover and the interesting description. I read the 300
page book in less than a day. I had to run a lot of errands and I found myself
carrying the book with me everywhere I went and sneaking in some reading time
while I was waiting in lines and in the car. I couldn’t put it down! I loved
the world that Kiera Cass set up and the idea of the girls being able to move up
in society and out of their caste. My favorite part of the book was America.
She wasn’t afraid to be herself and to tell people how she really felt. She was
in the middle of a competition where the one winner becomes instant royalty and
she didn’t stoop to the cattiness that some of the girls were engaging in. It
reminded me a lot of the show, “The Bachelor” in the way that the selection was
conducted. I have never been a huge fan of that show, but it really worked in
the book. You got to know Prince Maxon and realize that he is an amazing,
thoughtful guy who really just wants to find his soul mate and do right by his
country at the same time. This is a great book for teens and adults alike. I
really enjoyed it and I think you will too. I cannot wait to read the next
chapter in America’s life and to see the tough decisions that she will have to
make soon.

Kiera Cass has come up with an amazingly, unique story that
will keep you entranced until the very last page.

It was awesome! I hope you enjoy it!! And you can read all about it at her website! Although I think it may actually be a series and not a movie like I originally thought.... either way I am very excited about it!! :-D